Lord Obsidian continues his quest for revenge on the dragons. He learns so much in this book, about dragons, magic, humanity, himself. He learns that change comes with great sacrifice and that sometimes even our most strong-held opinions must be loosened if not sacrificed entirely in order to enact change for the greater good. Something that I think is relevant to our society even today.What a thrilling conclusion to this trilogy! Watt-Evans is a master at action and sword fighting and at keeping you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen. When I first started I was confused as this book seemed a bit disconnected from the first two and I wondered where he was going with it. But he certainly kept my interest and connected everything and wrapped it all up nicely. There were a couple of plot twists, even right up to the end and there were probably a few times where things that were happening weren't entirely necessary to the story but they kept the story interesting and engaging. It's been a while since a book has made me cry but this one succeeded in doing just that.
3.75/5Je sais je pinaille pour la note de cette trilogie, mais j'hésitais entre 3.5 et 4 et donc j'ai mis le milieu 3.75, au moins tout le monde est d'accord.J'ai relativement bien aimé la totalité de la séries malgré ces défauts. Le ton est peu être un peu trop manichéen, et les personnages (en dehors du héros) trop simplistes pour en faire un des grands noms mais elle se lit agréablement une fois qu'on est dedans et je suis relativement capable de mettre de coté des points qui me sont désagréables si l'intrigue est suffisamment bien faite pour me donner envie de continuer a lire ce qui est le cas ici, par contre j'ai eu un peu de mal a me mettre dans la peau du personnage tant il m'était indifférent à certains moments.Bref, pas la lecture du siècle mais une lecture intéressante si on ne recherche pas la perfection.
What do You think about Dragon Venom (2004)?
For the life of me, I can't see how anyone loved this book, or any of them for that matter. The whole theme of 'vengeance at all costs' is so negative and utterly pointless. For me there needs to be a hell of a lot more going on than that. This little gem though included the main character doing experiments on animals (killing them in the process) and then later on a pregnant women at the expense of his friendship with a longtime and loyal steward (and husband to the pregnant woman), all for "the greater good" of finding a way to balance out the magics of the world. Had this been my book to do so, I would've thrown it in the trash at that point. I'm sure the author probably intended it to be a heroic tale of Arlian being selfless (or is that selfish?) and determined enough to save the world regardless of the means and their consequences, but anyone that does NOT have tunnel vision can most likely see right past that. These books were a total waste of time and I am immensely happy to be done with them.
—Taryn
